Competition Details

• Write and perform an original bite-sized monologue that is one to two minutes in duration.
• While word length will vary depending on the pace of delivery, this means that a participant is only required to write a monologue in a region of 150 to 300 words.
• Students may work collaboratively to write the monologue. The final monologue should be performed by one actor.

To register your interest in either the secondary or tertiary competition, please submit your contact details on behalf of your institution here. 

Competition details will be announced throughout 2025.  

For general inquiries, please email Dr Ken Mizusawa at: [email protected]

The competition will bring two or more institutions together to perform monologues for a combined audience online. The students from one institution will select the best three performances from another institution at the conclusion of the event.

The competition could be concluded in the space of a month or conducted over two to three months based on student availability.

For our inaugural tertiary-level event in November 2024, we are bringing together students from the following institutions:

• National Institute of Education, Singapore
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan
• Meijo University, Japan

The rubric for writing a monologue has been provided for institutions who may want to integrate it into their curriculum or programmes. The rubric for performing a monologue will be utilised during the final event itself to help student participants judge the other performances. 

Official rubrics for the competition